AltWeeklies Wire
Sundownernew
Commercialism overtakes creativity at the Sundance Film Festival.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
02-02-2005 |
Movies
Icon, I Can'tnew
John Travolta's career gets bumpier with A Love Song for Bobby Long.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
01-26-2005 |
Reviews
Dawn by Deadnew
Duck low for the remake of Assault on Precinct 13.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
01-19-2005 |
Reviews
The Snow Globenew
Bay Area filmmakers who are bound for Sundance in January name some of their favorite films of 2004.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Bay Area producers and filmmakers |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Discovery Channelnew
Our critic takes a look at some undiscovered and undistributed gems of 2004.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Bay Area filmmakers and critics |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Taking Sidesnew
As Nov. 2 slopes away and Americans dig in for four more years, one wonders what to make of the innumerable hours documentary filmmakers spent parked at editing stations, determined to dethrone George W. Bush.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Behind the Celebritynew
The trouble with music documentaries today is they go behind the music instead of stay with it.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Reasons to Disbelievenew
Torture reigned inside and outside movie theaters in 2004.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Susan Gerhard |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Toga Partynew
An academic takes a gimlet-eyed view of Troy, The Passion of the Christ and Alexander.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
David Larsen |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Region Bullnew
With enforcement of copyright laws being lax in Southeast Asia, many unreleased American gems can be found on DVD.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Chuck Stephens |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Baby, It's Cold Inside the Theaternew
Despite the coming of Kinsey and company, sex was paltry, ominous, and perverse at the movies.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Men on Firenew
A Bay Guardian critic reports on the many macho movies of 2004 and finds that films carved from the craggy rocks of dude-dom hogged the lion's share of marquee space.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Life Unguardednew
Time to rally round The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Wes Anderson's accursed comedy and the film of the year.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Edward E. Crouse |
12-22-2004 |
Reviews
Head of the Classnew
Almodóvar's latest film is a lurid, contrived, gratuitously sexy (especially homo-sexy) thriller with a smirk on its face and a cigarette holder sinking hot ash into the shag carpet.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
12-22-2004 |
Reviews
Flight or Frightnew
Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio capture the conflicted prime of Howard Hughes.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
12-15-2004 |
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